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Articles 1821 through 1920 of 4401:
- Value Opportunities Lie At The Edges (Business Line, D. Murali , Jan 14, 2006)
Companies that "find themselves walking a fine line between significant value creation and commensurate value destruction"
- Malaysian Minister Hands Over Rs. 50 Lakh To Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Towards relief and rehabilitation measures in the flood-hit areas The contribution was made on behalf of Construction Industries Development Board and Public Works Department of Malaysia
- Polavaram Project Gets Tacit Consent (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Second all-party meeting held on the project concludes on a positive note
- Ysr Announces Rs. 400-Crore Boon For Anantapur District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
State will remove the shadow of drought from the perennially drought-hit district, says Chief Minister
10 ttmcft allocation for PABR
Rs. 250 crores for canal modernisation
Rs. 150 crores for dairy development
Raghuveera leads a team to meet YSR
- Farmers Driven To Despair (Tribune, Tarvinder Singh Chahal , Jan 13, 2006)
Suicides among farmers is a countrywide phenomenon. The cases of suicide by farmers have been reported from several states of India, including Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tripura.
- Where’S The Cold Light Of Reason? (Indian Express, R.K. PACHAURI, Jan 13, 2006)
It’s never been so cold in 70 years, the Met office has told us. Before that we were told that it’s rarely been as rainy as it did get in Mumbai first and the souhern cities later.
- Track 2, On Track (Indian Express, YOGINDER SIKAND, Jan 13, 2006)
Rail links between India and Pakistan in the Sindh-Rajasthan sector are due to be resumed early next month.
- Cold Wave In The North Hits Crops (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jan 12, 2006)
Estimates show up to 15 per cent damage; no agriculture insurance scheme cover
Frost the worst killer
Most of the affected crops not covered by insurance
Cabbage, cauliflower, carrot and radish benefit from chilly weather
- Anna Varsity Signs Water Management Agreement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 12, 2006)
MoU marks start of Rs 2.4 crore international project It will facilitate exchange of staff and students among partner institutions and field-level research projects
- An Avoidable Proposal (The Financial Express, NJ KURIAN, Jan 12, 2006)
The government has tried to save Rs 4,000 crore through a reduction in the quantum of foodgrain distributed, along with an increase in its prices.
- Funding Or Fiddling? (Deccan Herald, L C JAIN, Jan 11, 2006)
The scheme for state funding of poll expenses leaves the floodgates open for private funding.
- Pak-India Dialogue: A Qualitative Change (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Jan 11, 2006)
The third round of the composite dialogue between Pakistan and India begins later this month with the foreign secretary-level talks in New Delhi on January 17-18.
- Tn :No Change In Bjp Decision To Go It Alone In Polls (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
There is no change in the BJP's decision to go it alone in the assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, a senior BJP leader said today.
Former Union Minister and BJP's National Executive member S Thirunavukakrassar told a press meet here today the party . . .
- One For Holy Shankranthi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
To visit a Shiva Temple on Makara Shankranthi and pay obeisance to the Shiva linga, it is believed, is an insurance for peace and happiness for the rest of the year. Head for the Kotilingeswara temple in Kammasandra this Shankranthi and . . .
- Boost To Agriculture (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 10, 2006)
The Science Congress grappled with the problem of making science work for agriculture
- Water Wars Everywhere - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 10, 2006)
Land disputes have ended paving way for battles over water resources, Zahid Samoon (Abraham) responds to Saadut Hussain’s article Water Wars
- Show Of Strength: Bjp Outdoes Uma (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 10, 2006)
Former chief minister and state BJP heavyweight Sunderlal Patwa shared the dais with the chief minister. He too attacked Ms Bharati, albeit indirectly. The Bharati supporters of the area, including a former senior cabinet minister, chose to remain absent.
- Agriculture: Striking A Balance (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 10, 2006)
Any reforms agenda for agriculture must focus on technology, credit, and marketing.
- Needed A Soil, Not Green, Revolution (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Jan 09, 2006)
Agriculture can never be salvaged with a "trickle down" approach, which stands debunked now after four decades of the so-called Green Revolution.
- Water Wars Everywhere - Ii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 09, 2006)
Land disputes have ended paving way for battles over water resources, Zahid Samoon (Abraham) responds to Saadut Hussain’s article Water Wars
- States Vie For A Big Share Of The Nri Investment Pie (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
The Secretary General of FICCI, Dr Amit Mitra, said India figures high on investor confidence grades globally and is becoming an attractive destination for foreign direct investment.
- Chidambaram Seeks Left's Cooperation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 09, 2006)
"State Government has not submitted detailed project report for desalination plant"
- Bhasha Dam, The Northern Areas And Pakistan (News International, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 09, 2006)
Storage of river water in a large reservoir is vital for the survival of Pakistan.
- Water Wars Everywhere - I (Greater Kashmir, Zahid Samoon, Jan 08, 2006)
Land disputes have ended paving way for battles over water resources, Zahid Samoon (Abraham) responds to Saadut Hussain’s article Water Wars
- Magical No More (The Week, Kavitha Muralidharan, Jan 08, 2006)
We, Chennaiites, got our first taste of torrential downpour on October 27. Since then, life has been in an on-off mode. Friends and I were caught off guard most days, when we set out for work placing our trust in the sun that shone brightly . . .
- New Job Scheme Path-Breaking: Raghuvansh (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Jan 08, 2006)
Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has started the new year by announcing the date of the launch of the ambitious National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme.
- This Rumpus Over The Dam (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Jan 08, 2006)
I happen to be in the ranks of the ordinary citizenry that is baffled by the passionate rhetoric on the passions aroused by the current debate on new large water reservoirs. Needless to say, when tongues lash one another, the flickering candle of . . .
- Upa’S Plan For Minorities: We Will Fix Govt Spending As Per Their Population Share (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Jan 08, 2006)
In what could open the floodgates to political and legal controversy, the UPA Government is ready to announce a “15-point programme” for what it calls the “welfare” of minorities despite a categorical opinion from the Union Law Ministry that the . . .
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Madhu Agrawal, Jan 08, 2006)
There have always been two approaches—positive and negative—of looking at things (‘Hoping the new year will usher change—for the better’, January 1), and the year 2005 is no exception. No doubt the year gone by saw tsunami, earthquakes and bomb blasts;
- Pm’S Left Hook (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 08, 2006)
The Left saw another side to the usually soft-spoken Manmohan Singh when it made an issue over the joint Indo-US air force exercise in Kalaikunda, West Bengal, last November.
- And Quiet Flows The Narmada (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jan 08, 2006)
What does the future hold for the Narmada Bachao Andolan?
- The Dream Team: A Critique-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 06, 2006)
Dr Manmohan Singh has spoken of how pleasantly surprised he was to be made Finance Minister in July 1991 by P V Narasimha Rao.
- Governance And Water Crises In Delhi (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Jan 06, 2006)
Delhi’s continuing water crisis stems from the absence of accountability between its governing authorities, and between them and consumers. Its water shortage is man-made. Delhi has between 150 and 250 litres per capita daily, as much as . . .
- President Kalam's Stress On Conserving Water Bodies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
First Citizen holds interaction with farmers and children
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has stressed on the need for conserving water bodies as part of drought mitigation measures, and asked farmers in dry land areas to cultivate jatropha.
- Divide Punjab Into Three (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Jan 06, 2006)
Kalabagh may be a great project and urgently needed but it has widened the gulf of mistrust between the smaller provinces and Punjab. The dam is being seen as a grand Punjabi conspiracy and no amount of technical patter emerging from Islamabad seems to ..
- Chandigarh Needs Bulldozer Too (Indian Express, Vipin Pubby, Jan 06, 2006)
Even as politicians cry hoarse over the demolition of illegal structures in New Delhi, the Punjab government has recently and quietly condoned irregular constructions in the periphery of Chandigarh.
- Kalam Gives Tips To Farmers (Deccan Herald, K Jayalakshmi, Jan 06, 2006)
“My theatre of action, Pokhran is beautiful to me.” It was President A P J Abdul Kalam at his candid best at the 93rd Science Congress answering a query from a farmer in faraway Rajasthan.
- Anna University To Undertake 3d Radar Terrain Mapping Of Coastline (Indian Express, V AYYAPPAN, Jan 05, 2006)
Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) of Anna University will carry out Airbourne Radar Terrain Mapping along the coastline stretching from Nagapattinam to Nellore to facilitate disaster mitigation.
- Alang Awaits Its Hazardous Diet (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jan 05, 2006)
India must take a lead in cleaning up its ship-breaking industry, says Sonu Jain
- Escalating Fuel Prices (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 04, 2006)
As was expected, people have starting feeling the pinch of the Government’s decision to substantially increase the prices of natural gas. Effective from January 1, 2006, the prices have been jacked up by nine to 15.5% for all categories of consumers ...
- Services Restored Partially In Major Towns In Valley (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jan 04, 2006)
Pulled up by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on account of "let's-see-when-a-crisis-hits" mindset, authorities today succeeded in restoration of services in parts of this Capital city and some major towns in the snow-hit Kashmir valley.
- Baluchistan On The Boil (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Jan 04, 2006)
Pakistan’s largest province, Baluchistan, is again on the boil. Two rocket firing incidents took place in early December, 2005.
- Iit Soldier & Terror On Centre Stage (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Jan 04, 2006)
They came to find scientific solutions to poverty, but all the voices rose in anger against a common threat — terrorism.
- Rs 4.02 Crore To Boost Storage Capacity Of Dams In Cuddalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Cuddalore to get Rs. 15 crore under Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana in 2005-06
Main focus of RSVY will be on improving irrigation sources
Provisions made for solid waste management, education
- Intelligence Failure: What And Why? (Deccan Herald, Prem Mahadevan, Jan 04, 2006)
Intelligence alone is not the answer, owing to its limitations that need to be accepted
- Green Revolution Ii Must: Pm (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jan 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called upon scientists to usher in a Second Green Revolution that would “forever end the divide between Bharat and India” and one that would increase rural incomes, agricultural productivity and the quality of rural life.
- Transferring Responsibility (Times of India, V RAGHUNATHAN, Jan 04, 2006)
A tragic stampede in Chennai killed 42 last month. The next day, newspapers screamed 'Chennai collector transferred', adding, "As per government sources, wrong enumeration of rain-hit people had led to the shortage of relief tokens and the . . .
- Truth About The Abbasi Report (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jan 04, 2006)
Three months after the chairman of the Technical Committee on Water Resources (TCWR), Mr A.N.G. Abbasi, had presented his report to the president and the prime minister, the Kalabagh dam issue has burst on the scene in a big way.
- Should India Demand Farm Subsidy Cuts By Developed Nations? (Business Line, G. Chandrashekhar, Jan 04, 2006)
In none of the four major world commodities would India stand to benefit substantially even if developed economies eliminated subsidies. Subsidy-induced low prices would be in our consumers' interest. But more important is to make Indian agriculture . . .
- Snow, Rain Bring Misery To Pakistan Survivors (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Jan 03, 2006)
Heavy snow and rain brought more misery to Pakistan's earthquake survivors on Monday, halting relief work, bringing landslides down on roads and flooding tents across the cold, wet mountains.
- On The Eventful Year That Was (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 02, 2006)
The year just gone by has been one of tremendous promise but also of problems. While the economy is booming, with the soaring Sensex and a strong financial scene, the shortages have not disappeared, except for forex.
- Examiners Face Stern Action For Lapses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Anna University takes serious view of valuation error complaints
- A New Leaf (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 02, 2006)
Let’s hope for a new year of peace and prosperity.
- Call Up Ombudsman (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The Ombudsman to redress complaints relating to banking services would start functioning from Sunday, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday.
- Year Of Inflexion (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jan 02, 2006)
Manmohan Singh has a feel for history. In his maiden speech as finance minister, he talked about India as an idea whose time had arrived. Now in the prime ministerial hot-seat, the time has arrived to propel this idea forward with greater impetus and ...
- An Insensitive Index (Hindu, Oommen A. Ninan , Jan 01, 2006)
Political India must sensitise corporate India to the social environment in which its profit-driven enterprises are staged.
- Rs. 60 Crores Allotted For Farmers Security Scheme, Says Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
'Agricultural loans to the tune of Rs. 3,116 crores waived'
- A New Year Beyond Resolutions (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jan 01, 2006)
We usher the new year with a nominal one-second adjustment to compensate for the wobbly planet. Unfortunately, a much deeper correction is necessary to compensate for our wobbly policies.
- Inclusive Nationalism (Daily Excelsior, C.S. Pandit, Jan 01, 2006)
Nation-states have a logic of their own. So insidiously is this logic purveyed through the state's institutions that it becomes common sense, particularly among the educated. Perspectives that differ from this common sense are then easily seen . . .
- `Year Of Farm Resurgence' (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 31, 2005)
Is the docile elephant beginning to stir itself up for some real action? If, at the turn of the year, there is euphoria around the country, especially across industrial and services sectors, it is entirely justified, for, the economy is on a roll.
- Water-Rich, Yet Over-Stretched (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 31, 2005)
Water may seem too common a topic to write about, especially after floods have receded and the tsunami anniversary vigil has passed off peacefully. Yet, it is hot news all over the world.
- 2006 — Year Of Agricultural Renewal (Hindu, M. S. Swaminathan , Dec 31, 2005)
During this year, an integrated package of measures should be introduced in every part of the country to increase farm productivity and profitability in perpetuity without associated ecological harm.
- India's Year Of Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 30, 2005)
As the first anniversary of the tsunami trauma reminds us, the year now mercifully drawing to a close had begun with a monumentally destructive disaster. Others followed, most notably the earthquake, far more catastrophic in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir ....
- Cash-For-Query Scam: Bjp Expresses Regret (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
The four page political resolution passed here at BJP’s national convention attacked the UPA-government for taking a “selective” drive against corruption while “unreservedly expressing” its regret over party members’ involvement in the cash for question s
- On Corruption, Party Not With Advani (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 30, 2005)
Virtually snubbing outgoing chief L.K. Advani’s defence of corruption inside the party, the BJP today ‘‘unreservedly’’ expressed ‘‘regret’’ at the involvement of party MPs in the cash-for-questions scandal and Sushma Swaraj said their act ‘‘has made us ha
- Musharraf Sees India's Involvement In Balochistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Says turning back on dams treason; people fed up with tribal chiefs;
to uproot subversion forever
President Pervez Musharraf has said the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds . . .
- Musharraf Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan (News International, Mayed Ali, Dec 30, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the recent Indian concern over the situation in Balochistan has revealed the channel providing funds for hiring mercenaries and supplying arms for carrying out subversive activities in the province.
- Bjp Resolution Hits Out At Upa (Statesman, Dipankar Chakrovorty, Dec 30, 2005)
The four-page resolution adopted by the BJP national conclave this afternoon acceded to the need for “rectifying shortcomings” in the party and held the Congress solely responsible for erosion in the quality of public life.
- Concern In Russia Over Chinese Toxic Spill (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 30, 2005)
The impact from a Chinese chemical plant accident on neighbouring Russian territories has proved less serious than expected, but Russian officials and environmentalists are sounding alarm over what they say is a looming ecological catastrophe.
- Bjp Promises To Rectify Shortcomings ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
In its first attempt at self introspection, BJP today "unreservedly expressed its regret" over the involvement of some of its MPs in the `cash for questions’ scandal and promised to rectify the shortcomings.
- Dhanasekaran Detained Under Goondas Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2005)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam councillor K. Dhanasekaran, who was arrested on December 20 in connection with the M.G.R. Nagar stampede, has been detained under the Goondas Act.
- Why Has India Butted In? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 29, 2005)
Just as the call for an all-out strike protesting “military operations” and Kalabagh Dam was moving to its successful conclusion in Balochistan, the Indian Ministry for External Affairs issued a brief call to Pakistan saying that India was . . .
- Balochistan: Yet Another Crackdown (Dawn, A.R. Siddiqi, Dec 29, 2005)
At A random reckoning, we are seeing the fifth major military/paramilitary operation in Balochistan since independence. This is besides other lesser known and relatively minor military actions launched in the province from time to time.
- Atrocities Of The British Empire (Hindu, George Monbiot, Dec 28, 2005)
In Reading reports of the trial of the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, you are struck by two things. The first, of course, is the anachronistic brutality of the country's laws.
- Kalam Calls For Accurate Monsoon Prediction (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Accurate and timely predictions about monsoons, earthquakes, energy, healthcare and water management were vital for the development of society, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said here on Tuesday.
- Lost In Development (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
A year after the Asian tsunami devastated large parts of the Indian Ocean coastline, countries and governments continue to learn painful lessons.
- Small Hearted In The Land Of Waris Shah (Deccan Herald, Ayaz Amir, Dec 28, 2005)
Beautiful Punjab, fair land of the five immortal rivers, why, when so generous of heart, do you prove time and again so weak of understanding? When you have so much to offer why are you so poorly served by those who claim to lead you? . . .
- As The Issue Spirals Out Of Control (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 27, 2005)
This has been a bad week for the president. He has suddenly discovered, for the first time in his six-year rule, that in his hard-sell campaign on the Kalabagh Dam he has hit a major hidden reef that will take considerably more than negotiation and . . .
- Trade Deal On Chinese Minister’S India Agenda (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Dec 27, 2005)
India and China will take up discussions on a bilateral Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) when Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai visits New Delhi in the first week of March.
- A Tsunami Of Emotions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Candlelight marches, prayers and floral tributes on Monday marked the first anniversary of the tsunami disaster as tearful memories of the thousands who met with watery deaths flooded back along the shores of Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands . . .
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